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Good afternoon. It’s a pleasure to join you. And I thank you for this opportunity to talk about the U.S. Department of Transportation’s investments in freight and passenger rail.
This Record of Decision (ROD) contains the reasoning employed by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to reach a decision on issuance of the Final Rule on the Use of Locomotive Horns at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings.
FRA and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) have jointly developed a policy concerning safety issues related to light rail transit operations that share use of the general
This Order delegates decisional powers and describes internal agency procedures with respect to disposition of waivers, exemptions, block signal applications, and other special approvals under the Federal railroad safety laws and regulations and in accordance with the Federal Railroad...
Chairman Hutchison and Members of the Subcommittee, I appreciate this opportunity to appear before you today to discuss rail finance, focusing on equipment and infrastructure investments for intercity passenger rail service. I will be brief.
This report documents the first phase of a test to determine what effect top of rail (TOR) friction modification
has on rail surface friction, lateral curving forces, and train handling. In Phase I, one type of TOR friction
modifier and application system was evaluated, primarily on coal trains...